• Two Assets Expected to Outperform Under Trump, According to Investopedia Readers

    Two Assets Expected to Outperform Under Trump, According to Investopedia Readers

    Individual investors have tempered expectations after the Trump administration placed new tariffs on China. Respondents fear the levies will intensify trade friction and push inflation higher. Investopedia’s latest reader poll shows 40.3 % of participants call themselves “cautiously optimistic” toward equities, the lowest share in twelve months and a twelve point decline from November. One-third…

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  • Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Receives Four-Month Prison Term

    Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao Receives Four-Month Prison Term

    A federal judge in Seattle ordered Changpeng Zhao to serve four months in custody for Bank Secrecy Act breaches that occurred during his tenure as chief executive of Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. The sentence fell well short of the three year term prosecutors requested and exceeded the probation Zhao’s attorneys proposed.…

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  • Three ETFs for a Falling Dollar

    Three ETFs for a Falling Dollar

    Bitcoin dominates headlines on currency moves, yet the Federal Reserve now drives the dollar lower. At the June meeting the Federal Open Market Committee stated that it will cut the federal funds rate to counter softer growth and inflation that refuses to rise. Futures contracts price a 50-basis-point reduction by December 2019 and a further…

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  • Weekly Market Outlook

    Weekly Market Outlook

    President Donald Trump reaches the 100th day of his second term on Wednesday. Amazon, Microsoft, Meta Platforms, ExxonMobil, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, General Motors, Starbucks, Eli Lilly, Airbnb, Cigna, Booking Holdings, Welltower, UBS, Caterpillar, United Parcel Service and dozens of smaller firms release quarterly statements between Monday but also Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the…

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  • Historic Token Sales That Raised the Most Capital

    Historic Token Sales That Raised the Most Capital

    Cryptocurrency headlines in 2017 and 2018 centered on token sales that collected hundreds of millions of dollars in minutes. Regulators in the United States, Switzerland along with Singapore responded with subpoenas, cease-and-desist orders, and fines. Despite the legal pressure, new token sales still appear each quarter, and investors monitor them for asymmetric upside. The following…

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